All Things Learning

Insights and reflections on all things learning- research, innovations, and open questions about the future of learning.

Beyond the Chatbot: Toward More Meaningful, Immersive Learning

A look at how Andy Matuschak’s ideas can reshape learning: blending authentic, meaningful projects with AI-driven guidance and memory support. Discover a vision where “learning” and “doing” merge seamlessly, enabling people to dive into what they truly care about—while actually remembering and mastering it.

Ellen Muench

Mastery Isn’t Magic—It’s a Journey

A quick glimpse into How to Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery—a reminder that true expertise comes not from shortcuts or generic advice, but from patiently building the right skills, working through fear, and learning step-by-step. Its insights help you grow from the basics to a level of genuine mastery through thoughtful practice, steady feedback, and deep understanding.

Ellen Muench

Navigating the Unknown: Intuition, Evidence, and Building the Future of Learning and Work

A reflection on Linus’s “A beginner’s guide to exploration” and how intuition, evidence, and iteration help us navigate hazy frontiers. As learning and work evolve, this mindset can transform uncertainty into a powerful catalyst for discovery, skill-building, and meaningful innovation.

Ellen Muench

How can we meaningfully reduce teacher workloads?

Reducing workloads is a strategy that would improve the teaching experience, reduce turnover, and increase satisfaction

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Teachers are Struggling

We have to rethink the demands and incentives for a profession in crisis. Teachers want to do good work, we should enable that instead of thwart it.

Ellen Muench

Part 2 The Power of Relationships in the Classroom

The teacher-student relationship can transform the learning experience (for good or for bad).

Ellen Muench

Part 1: Emotions Are At Core of Powerful Learning

Emotions are key to learning and there are ways to better incorporate them into the classroom experience

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How the Enrichment Gap Impacts Future Outcomes

There is a widening gap in access to meaningful learning experiences outside of the school building

Ellen Muench

How Funding Incentives Prevent Meaningful Non-Profit Collaboration

Funding incentives prevent meaningful non-profit collaboration

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Experiences Are the Fabric of Our Identity

I was alone in the Appalachian mountains at age 16 when I first experienced the numinous. In a cocky display of its sheer power, the sun was both a razor shredding through the latticework of treetops and a delicate halo creating a halo of fog on the empty path in front of me. As an agnostic, unruly teen with 10 years of catholic education behind me, it was the first time I experienced the sheer enormity, mystery, and interconnectedness of the world, a version of what my theology teacher called god.

Ellen Muench

How Executive Functions Play A Role in Student Success

How can we help teens align their actions + their goals?

Ellen Muench